February 24, 2014, 5:41PM

The Senate's majority caucus proposed a supplementary budget Monday that increases funding for a soon-to-be signed measure expanding college financial aid to include students who were brought to the state illegally as children. The budget proposal also has additional money for technology in K-12 classrooms, a medical-marijuana registry in Washington state, a new prison unit and wildfire suppression. Full story »

February 24, 2014, 3:45PM

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Senate's majority caucus has proposed a supplementary budget that highlights increased funding for a soon-to-be signed measure expanding college financial aid to include students who were brought to the state illegally as children. Full story »

February 05, 2014, 7:00AM

Oregon is one of 17 states allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges. Some private colleges also offer scholarships to undocumented students, who are not eligible for federal financial aid. Full story »

January 30, 2014, 6:38PM

OLYMPIA, -- Leaders in the Washington state Senate on Thursday introduced a measure that expands college financial aid for students who are illegally in the country just weeks after the House passed a similar bill. Full story »

November 21, 2013, 10:36AM

Only 25 students attending Oregon's public universities are paying in-state tuition as a result of the tuition equity bill passed by the 2013 Legislature. Much more needs to be done at the federal level to unleash the potential contributions of young people hindered by their undocumented status. Full story »

August 20, 2013, 7:00AM

One year later, more than half a million people nationally have applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. And of the 5,964 Oregon immigrants who have been accepted into the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the vast majority are Mexican. Full story »

August 16, 2013, 6:00AM

One year later, more than half a million people nationally have applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program grants renewable two-year work visas to undocumented immigrants and halts their deportation. Oregon has the sixth-highest rate of application approvals in the country. Full story »

June 17, 2013, 10:56AM

Nearly 300,000 young adults previously living illegally in the United States have been granted permission to stay and work through the program, one of the most significant shifts in immigration policy in recent decades. Full story »

March 25, 2013, 11:52AM

Whether undocumented or not, we know that Latino students and their families have needs and aspirations that have not been served well by traditional higher education. One of those needs, certainly, is affordability, and federal policy like the DREAM Act could improve access to education for thousands of our region's young people. Full story »

January 03, 2013, 6:15PM

Latino groups are leading the push in the upcoming legislative session for in-state university tuition rates for undocumented Oregon high school graduates and the rollback of identification requirements to obtain driver's licenses. Full story »

December 05, 2012, 6:25AM

Like their U.S.-born peers, many teenagers and young adults brought here as illegal immigrants aspire to a college education and a fulfilling career. A federal program that puts off the threat of deportation gives them hope. Full story »

August 29, 2012, 4:00AM

Max White writes: Consider a greater loss to our country -- those who pay for their own educations, often in the very STEM fields for which foreign students are recruited, and then are deported because they entered the U.S. as children of undocumented parents. This is exactly the population that would be served by the yet-to-be-passed Dream Act. Full story »

August 16, 2012, 1:41PM

In the wake of the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Luna puts a face to the thousands of illegal immigrants in Oregon who are eligible to apply. Though she doesn't fully trust the program's stability, she says she plans to apply. Full story »

August 15, 2012, 6:45PM

An estimated 16,600 undocumented immigrants in Oregon are eligible to apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The government began accepting applications on Wednesday. Full story »